Flatiron rest and wire support



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FLATIRON REST AND WIRE SUPRORT Filed April 18, 1922 Patented Jan. 20,1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT: OFFICE.

JAMES J. MURPHY, or wns'rnnoox, MAINE, ASSIGNOR TO LESLIE I. ROGERS, orwoncns'rnn, MASSACHUSETTS.

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Application filed April 18, 1922. Serial No. 554,592.

To all whom it may concern: Be it. known that I, JAMES J. MURPHY, acitizen of the United States, residing at l/Vestbrook, in the county ofCumberland and State of Maine, have invented newand useful Improvementsin Flatiron Rests and Wire Supports,.of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a fiat iron rest and wire support, one objectbeing to provide a device including a clamp for holding the rest inposition on the ironing board,

and also including an upwardly extending member, with means carriedthereby for engaging and supporting the conducting wire or wires of anelectrically heated iron.

A further object is to provide an iron rest by which a fiat iron may besupported in a forwardly and downwardly inclined position and in whichspecial provision is made to prevent lateral dlsplacement of the iron.

WVith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists inthe novel construction andarrangement of elements described and claimed,it being understood that modifications may be made within the scope ofthe claims, without departing from the spirit of invention.

In the drawings, Figure l is a view of the device in elevation; Figure'2is a top plan view; Figure 3 is an elevation, looking from the left inFigure 1.

Thejron rest per se includes the approximately horizontal elements 10.11 and 12 and the .three legs 13, 14 and 15 formed by producing loops orthelike in the wire of which the device is manufactured.

, The iron is supported in a forwardly and downwardly inclined positionon the elements 10 and 12 and is held from lateral displacement in onedirection by the connecting element 11 which also forms a guard for theiron. 'An upstanding shoulder on the lower iron-supporting element 12 isspaced from the element or wire 11 and forms a stop for the oppositeedge of the iron.

An element which in efi'ect constitutes a fourth leg is designated 16and includes a horizontal ortion which is continuous and forms an eement of a clamp. This clamp comprises two similar loop portions 18 and19 which are continued downwardly and thence horizontally to form thecentral loop 20. The horizontal portions last named engage the undersideof the ironing board or.

table, and clamp the iron rest yieldingly in operative position. I

The upwardly extending device for supporting the conducting wire orwires for the electric iron, includes a main portion 24, a portion 25constituting a coiled spring and an upper loop or rin" 26 formed on theoffset portion 27-.

The coiled resilient device not only permits of freedom of movement ofthe upwardly extending device to a limited extent, as may be necessaryin the manipulation of the iron, but this coiled resilient portion mayalso engage one side or edge portion of the iron and aid in retaining itin position, the opposite edge portion being in contact with thehorizontal element 11 of the iron rest per se. An element 30 extendsdownwardly from the coiled resilient portion and is continued to form apart of the clamp, and connected with this element 30 are two divergingbraces 31 and 32, one of which is secured at 33 and constitutes the endof the wire of which the device is formed, the other brace beingcontinued to form one of the leg members of the iron rest.

Having thus described the invention, I claim:

1. An integrally formed bent wire device of the class described,comprising an iron rest formed with oppositely located horizontalelements and with supporting elements, and formed with a horizontalelement extending transversely of the elements first named, for engaginga side edge of an iron, an upwardly extending device, and a coilconnecting said device-last named with the rest and positioned forengaging the other side edge of the iron, said coil being locatedopposite the. transversely extending horizontalmember.

2. An iron rest comprising spaced. ironsupporting wires, members holdingsaid spaced wires elevated at different levels above a table, and amember connecting said spaced wires disposed at one side of said restand above said spaced wires to form a guard for one edge of the iron,the lower iron-supporting wire having an upstanding shoulder spaced fromsaid connecting member to form a stop on the opposite side of the iron.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature.

JAMES J. MURPHY.

